The Dumbing Down Of UMNO

[kensington]

Umno 'rotten to the core'​

KUALA LUMPUR - "Umno is rotten to the core." These words were allegedly uttered to Dr Mahathir Mohamad by a former senior leader who is disillusioned with the party and plans to jump ship to PAS.



The former prime minister wrote in his blog that according to the veteran politician Umno is rotten “from its lowest level to the highest.”


The politician further told Mahathir: “What’s left are remnants of people with self-interest who still hope of being rewarded for supporting Umno. They are not nationalists and cannot be trusted.”


Mahathir said the former leader gave him many reasons why he thought Umno will no longer be given the chance to rule his beloved country.


“I will not say more. What I want to say is this; his views are being spread acoss the Malay community and among Umno members,” the ex-Umno president added.


In his blog dated Nov 30, Mahathir wrote while the next general election is due in about two years, he has been observing the reaction of the people to the new leadership in Umno.

“I am shocked. I am shocked that a former senior Umno leader has chosen to say that ‘Umno is rotten to the core.’

Branch leaders only have self-interest


“He also said he was thinking of supporting PAS. He said he has met many retired Umno leaders who agree with his views." PAS DON"T WANT YOU AND YOU KNOW IT. DIE FIRST, PAS MAY EVEN FORGIVES YOU.



Mahathir claimed at the branch level, the leaders are only interested to maintain their position. It is because the majority of branch leaders get to be chairman of the village development and security committee, with fixed allowances and the authority to distribute allocations.


Furthermore, he added, there are opportunities for them to be Class F contractors for small rural projects.


The former premier alleged these branch leaders will not allow anyone ‘more educated’ than them to join their branches.


More than that, he claimed, they could chose to ignore applicants who want to join the party via their branches.

“The objective is not to have too many members who are likely to be problematic to the leaders, hard to control and difficult to bribe.

More professionals in PAS than Umno

“This makes it hard for professionals to join Umno. On the other hand, an increasing number of leaders in PAS are being drawn from doctors, lawyers, engineers and other professionals.”

Mahathir said in many cases branch leaders are not highly-educated and they make sure their members are less learned than them. Thus, in the event that the leader had to vacate his position, his successor will be someone who is much more incompetent.

This has resulted in a continuing deterioration of quality Umno leaders, he said, adding that not all branches face such a situation.

Mahathir also quoted the former senior leader as saying that Umno is now managed by corrupt people who become supreme council members through money politics.

A corrupt govt at next polls? BEEN CORRUPTED SINCE YOU TOOK OVER, MAMAK. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH !!!!


Mahathir warned if such corrupt people are chosen to become candidates at the next election and win their seats, the country will get a corrupt government. HAHAHAHA.....LAUGHING TRACK ARE ON, HAHAHHAHA...



Regarding other component parties of the Barisan Nasional, Mahathir said all of them are weak and also breaking up. “They are not able to make Barisan a success. There’s little time left to correct the situation.” – Malaysian Mirror




http://malaysianmirror.com/homedetail/45-home/21012-umno-qrotten-to-the-coreq


Mahathir The MAMAK is still thinking UMNO is salvageable but his real fear is that the collapse of UMNO will bring about the destruction of his family's stash of billions overseas and that includes Singapore. Many bankers are privy to all these sensitive imformations and hopefully will share them out in this forum.Sam Leong is ok with that as he loves a gossip or three.


UmNo and PAP is a Siamese twin. One dies, the other will follows. Make this happen for the sake of the future generations. These two entities operate differently but the robberies of the nations are the same. The Malaysians through their backdoor dealings and NEP and Singapore through their US$ 10,000+ salaries daily to their chosen ones, the scholars. The rape of these two nations are more or less the same although the results are vastly different, but how long could this charade will be able to be prolonged ? The pigeon-holed Singaporeans and the struggling Malaysians are bird of the same feathers and should flock together. Revolutions on both sides are imminent and preparations should be made wisely for the outcomes. those in powers are so inebbriated by their own invincibility that they won't see it coming and that is the ultimate advantage to the oppressed people of both sides. 33% is not very far from 51%.

 

[Perspective]

Now that Malaysia has close to political pluralism, UMNO matters less than what it was before. The important is for the political wars not to get too ugly lest PAP uses it as an example of having more opposition.

 

[kensington]

A Stink Is Brewing In Umno : How Will The Chips Fall ?

As Malaysia moves into the last stretch of an inevitable political transformation, the risks of civil unrest and emergency rule have increased, and neither appearances nor declarations made by its ruling elite - whether verbal or written - can be taken at face value or for granted anymore.

By Wong Choon Mei (Harakah)

So when Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin urged his party to return to the middle ground, warning that its current hard line approach over the Allah issue may spell political doom, quite a few pundits were surprised by his courage and questioned his motives.

KJ – as the son-in-law of former premier Abdullah Badawi is also known – was stating what was obvious to most Malaysians and issuing a most needed wake-up call to his party, which has ruled Malaysia since independence in 1957. However, his remarks came at a time when his bosses, including Prime Minister Najib Razak and Deputy PM Muhyiddin Yassin, have chosen to bury their heads in the denial mode perfected decades ago by leaders such as former premier Mahathir Mohamad.

Unlikely therefore that KJ’s comments will bear any fruit for moderate Malaysia, which is trying to fend off yet another attack from a bullying Umno against its constitutional rights - this time, the religious freedom guaranteed by the Federal Constitution.

So whatever Khairy’s motive was – whether to pose as a moderating light amidst the groundswell of Umno belligerence or to signal to these hawks (some say on behalf of Najib) that it is time to cool down – is immaterial. Because above him, a bigger game with higher stakes is being played, and unfolding much quicker than anticipated.

Hard-nosed Malaysia

Weeks before the December 31 High Court ruling allowing non-Muslims to use the word Allah, rumblings were already growing in Umno that a power tussle at the very top - between Najib and Muhyiddin - may finally be breaking into the open.Two incidents fired the rumours. One was the sudden call by Defence Minister Zahid Hamidi - previously regarded as a Najib loyalist but lately believed to have switched over to Muhyiddin - for Gerakan to surrender the Penang BN chair to Umno. The other was the messy way in which Zahid chose to expose the theft of two jet engines from a military base.

Both incidents embarrassed Najib. The Umno president is really not sitting as pretty as his minders have tried to make it appear. No doubt there have been gushing news reports and ‘independent’ polls that try to portray growing popularity, but the reality is that hard-nosed Malaysians have already had a whiff of the future and they don’t like what they smell.

In 2009, along with Umno cronies and several Government-Linked-Companies, Malaysians shifted billions out of the country – about 50 percent of its GDP, which in 2008 was some RM739 billion. In its latest report, UBS Securities Asia wrote: “Question: which Asian country had the biggest FX reserve losses in 2009? The answer is Malaysia, and by a very wide margin; we estimate that official reserves fell by well more than one-quarter on a valuation-adjusted basis.”

“Why is this bizarre? Well, in the first place because Malaysia runs a current account surplus – and not just a mild surplus but rather the largest in Asia, around 17% of GDP. Other structural surplus neighbors like China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand have all seen sizeable increases in FX reserves over the past 12 months and yet Malaysian reserves nearly collapsed. How did this happen? In short, Malaysia must have seen massive foreign capital outflows – and sure enough, when we measure implied net flows, the numbers are simply stunning: peak outflows of nearly 50% of GDP, i.e., more than twice as large.”

Indeed, it would appear that hard-nosed Malaysia is not at all convinced that Najib can hold the fort. Neither is it willing to bet that Muhyiddin can do better. And judging from the massive outflows recorded, it would seem that neither the cronies nor the GLCs have faith either.

Will Umno be matured and civilized?

The future may be more complex than we can imagine. Even if Pakatan Rakyat fails to sweep to federal power in the next general election, it can still win further ground.

Can Umno accept this, when already it has shown itself prepared to push to the limit its war to regain Selangor, as witness the Teoh Beng Hock catastrophe? When it has shown itself ready to turn upside-down the judiciary and the Federal Constitution just to grab and cling to power in Perak?

Should the Pakatan win decisively - and this is looking more and more probable - will Umno be matured and civilized enough to accept such an outcome? Seriously, what are the odds that Umno can rise above brute force and intimidation? Small and as of now, it would be fairer to say that civil unrest and emergency rule are the more likely scenarios to follow a Pakatan victory at the next general election.

Indeed, these are the eventualities that Malaysians must confront and prepare themselves for. They must overcome their fear of trouble and think of the type of future they want for the children.

Otherwise Malaysia will become whatever the hawks in Umno say it is supposed to be, and this will be whatever they believe is to their advantage and not the nation's – both politically and financially.

The new Pak Lah vs the new Mahathir

Already, the country's largest political party is being overtaken by opportunists who see nothing wrong in using strong-arm tactics to maintain their positions and benefits. Former premier Mahathir, who still wields considerable influence, is also plotting his next move. In his corner is Muhyiddin, who has been alarming moderate Malaysians with a rash of hawkish statements. He has made it clear that he is DPM for the Malays first, and only then the other races. Will this be palatable to the non-Malays, should they accept him as the next Prime Minister?

As for Najib, it is obvious that he has been playing a double game, but can he hold out against their onslaught? Born into a privileged background, Malaysia’s sixth PM is - at the personal level – liberal and progressive. But he also believes that he has to show that he is willing to play hardball to keep his party in power. Or be ousted like his indecisive predecessor Pak Lah, who won himself the nickname Sleeping Beauty during his four years in office.

So for Najib, it has been a case of trying to do both. Win the hearts and minds of Umno and also the rest of the country. Unfortunately, the two prongs cannot meet or be reconciled, simply because the Umno of today has more political thugs than talent on its membership lists. The Umno president may have found out the hard way that when you give an inch, they want a yard! This has left the PM's 1Malaysia, People First, Performance Now stuck and unable to get off the ground.

Just as Najib is now increasingly seen as another Pak Lah, Muhyiddin is regarded as a new Mahathir. But neither men are the solutions that Malaysia needs. Neither men can take the country forward.

For now, only one thing is clear - Malaysians need to be brave if the current tailspin into backwardness and poverty is to be arrested and reversed. Otherwise, from becoming a developed country by 2020, we may well slip further in the ranks of the third world, economically overtaken by Vietnam and politically comparable to Myanmar.

(Wong Choon Mei is a Consultant Editor for Harakahdaily)

http://www.malaysia-today.net/index...-fall&catid=17:guest-columnists&Itemid=100130

 

[theDoors]

Jan 16, 2010
Terror warning on Borneo

http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/SEAsia/Story/STIStory_478190.html

KUALA LUMPUR - THE United States embassy in Malaysia issued a warning on Friday that criminal and terrorist groups are planning attacks against foreigners in Sabah state on Borneo island.

The embassy said there was 'present concern' over resorts in isolated areas in eastern Sabah including the diving island of Sipadan where foreign hostages were snatched in 2000.

'There are indications that both criminal and terrorist groups are planning or intend acts of violence against foreigners in eastern Sabah,' the embassy said in a warden notice posted on its website.

'The Abu Sayyaf group, based in the southern Philippines, has kidnapped foreigners in eastern Sabah in the past,' it said.

The advisory identified the destinations of Semporna, Mabul and Sipadan and called on citizens to 'please avoid or use extreme caution in connection with any travel in these areas or locations.'

The US travel advisory on Malaysia already warns of the threat of criminal and terrorist attacks in Sabah but the information in Friday's statement was more specific on the areas being targeted. -- AFP

Strangely, the crystal ball in the US embassy seems to be working extremely well. It was the undeclared aim of the Clinton's administration to topple UMNO from power and support Anwar Ibrahim.

Will the "special attachés" in KL US embassy milk the current tension in Malaysia and mount cover operations in inciting racial tension and start regime change in Malaysia?

I might not like Najib, but having regime change under the US is always a messy affair.

Iskandar Scholar Department from Malaysia. If you are reading this thread....

Please take the necessary actions...

 

[dysentry]

What do Hishamuddin and Khairy really want? Last year wave keris this year talk ISA.

 

[kensington]

Early Skirmishes Of A Malay Civil War

POWER
TO THE
PEOPLE !!!​

The Malays' leadership is fractured. UMNO is imploding. Soon it will be free for all and with some stupid inbred sultans thrown in, republcanism is very real. There is no real leadership right now, only jostling for positions. The Malays are asking now, why the freaking bloodlines from Bugis are lording over them on the Tanah Melayu ? Simply put, internet is killing all their rulers' lies and the growing Malays' middle-class doesn't wants to go back to kampong, to tanam jagong again. The day those in the services of the government act in unison and a non-partisan way is the day these monarcies and UMNO will be royally-flushed.

There is not much that we can do about these leaders; they will continue their ineffective and destructive strategies until they are relieved of their leadership positions. In a democracy, that power resides only with the people. Thus the more we can let our people see through the hollowness of these leaders, and the hoax they are attempting to perpetrate upon us, the faster will these leaders reach their day of reckoning.


By M. Bakri Musa

Recent attacks on churches are not a sign of an impending religious war in Malaysia. There is no doubting that in a plural society like ours those incendiary incidents could easily explode out of control. That notwithstanding, these recent ugly acts are merely sub-plots of a much larger and more dangerous drama that is now unfolding, one that is far more consequential and destructive. These are the early skirmishes of an explosive, protracted and very ugly civil war among Malays.

There is a definite pattern between these recent events and earlier ones involving only Malays, specifically the whipping of a young mother for consuming beer and the call for apostasy to be a capital offense. Connect the dots and you have a Malay community in deep conflict.

What struck me most with the recent spate of church attacks were the relatively muted responses from the victims. This reflected not merely a charitable “turning the other cheek” reaction, rather an intuitive realization by non-Muslims that they were not the target but merely innocent victims of a much larger conflict raging under the surface: a vicious Malay civil war. Those poor Christians were caught in a cross-fire in a conflict they did not realize was going on around them.

Contrast the reactions of non-Muslims to those of Malays. No, the Malay vitriol was not directed at non-Muslims rather to fellow Malays. On one side were those who view those attacks as debasing our great faith, and the other, those who consider them as the purest jihad. When commentators use epithets like “idiots,” “racists” and “pengkhianat” (traitors), we know this is a serious matter, beyond the reach of sensible dialogs.

The issue of the use of the word “Allah” is merely a symptom. Today it is over that, yesterday over Ketuanan Melayu versus Ketuanan Rakyat, while much earlier it was the use of English to teach science and mathematics. Tomorrow, God (or Allah) knows what else. Already some of the sultans are weighing in on this Allah issue. Expect another battle soon over the sanctity of the sultan’s titah (command) versus a court decision.

I do not mean to belittle the seriousness of those arson attacks on churches. Indeed it was hard to describe the sinking feeling in the pit of the my stomach as I watched CNN News, and the ticker tape kept blip-ping the latest news break, “Fourth Church Attacked!” and then, “Fifth Church Arson Attack,” and now the eleventh, and realizing that those were happening not in war-torn Lebanon or strife-ridden Sudan but in our own “Truly Asia” Malaysia.

A more sickening feeling was seeing Home Minister Hishammuddin smugly ‘reassuring’ us that everything was ‘under control.’ That was after the third or fourth arson attack. He could hardly refrain from patting himself on the back for (presumably) a job well done. His “government’s commitment to maintain peace” had averted a major religious catastrophe, he asserted. Obviously to him, the damage wrecked was only the burnt buildings and scorched church doors.

Somebody ought to tell Hishammuddin to wipe the grin off his face, and make him realize that the enormous damage wrecked upon the nation went well beyond the physical defacement of those churches. Those can be readily fixed, with or without government grants. With simple technologies like surveillance cameras, those attacks could also be prevented.

Hishammuddin could not see beyond his broad nose the inevitable enormous economic fallout, as in scaring away potential tourists and investors. Even a taxi driver realized that, but not Hishammuddin. If he cannot make that connection, I have little faith in his assurance of “everything under control.”


Deeply Polarized Malay Society

Bluntly put, what we are witnessing today are the external manifestations of a deeply divided and conflicted Malay society. This divide is already irreversible and unbridgeable; meaning, expect continuing turmoil with increasingly ugly and brutal skirmishes.

Civil wars are always much more brutal and difficult to resolve. Look at Indonesia. The Aceh insurrection, pitting essentially ethnic Malays against fellow ethnic Malays who are also Muslims, was more protracted, more vicious, and more difficult to resolve then the Irian Jaya conflict of the 1960s and 70s, or the anti-Chinese pogroms of the 1950s. The scars of those later conflicts, which began way after the Aceh rebellion, have all healed, but the wounds of Aceh are still raw, ready to flare up at any moment.

I do not anticipate Malaysia having another May 1969 race riot. Malaysians have come a long away since those dark days. Non-Malays in particular realized that the constraints of the NEP notwithstanding, they could still thrive in Malaysia. There are enough examples of successes to discredit those who would assert otherwise.

For Malays, gone too were the days when we would meekly and almost as a reflex follow our leaders or their dictates. When they tell us that the Christians have nefarious motive in using the word “Allah,” we scoffed at our leaders. Our leaders – hereditary, political, religious, and others – face unprecedented cynicism and scrutiny, and rightly so especially after they have failed us all these years.

What Malaysia faces today is an entirely new and novel challenge: conflict among Malays. We have never experienced that. We are used to considering ‘outsiders’ as enemies, beginning with the colonialists and later the ‘pendatangs’ (newcomers). We therefore cannot fathom much less anticipate this new ‘internal’ danger; it has yet to enter our collective consciousness. This lapse is most noticeable among our leaders; hence their continuing to egg on their followers, oblivious of the dangers.

Malay leaders have also failed to prepare us for the modern age. Instead of acknowledging and learning from their mistakes, these leaders resort to the oldest tricks, of creating phantom external enemies. Today the new enemies are those who would infringe upon our faith, or so our leaders would like us to believe.

There are still sufficient numbers of Malays who believe in rallying around their leaders especially during times of crisis, real or manufactured, the old circling-of-the-wagon instinct. These leaders, specifically in UMNO, are bankrupt of ideas on how to improve our lot. These manufactured enemies help divert our anger away from these leaders, so they hope. Their frequent and misplaced calls for Malay ‘unity’ are also part of this strategy.

As a society we have not learned to disagree agreeably. Again this is the deficiency of our leaders for they too have not demonstrated the ability to disagree among themselves civilly. The Mahathir-Anwar disagreement for example, nearly ripped our society apart, and we have yet to recover from that.

Our leaders lack the intellectual capacity or leadership qualities needed to solve the myriad problems facing our people, from the lack of jobs to rampant crimes, from our failing schools to corrupt institutions. About the only activity they are capable of is to engage in such puerile activities as worrying how the Christians address God.

There is not much that we can do about these leaders; they will continue their ineffective and destructive strategies until they are relieved of their leadership positions. In a democracy, that power resides only with the people. Thus the more we can let our people see through the hollowness of these leaders, and the hoax they are attempting to perpetrate upon us, the faster will these leaders reach their day of reckoning.

In these days of Internet, twitters, blogs and cell phones, the avenues for reaching and educating our people on the emptiness of our leaders are limitless. Thus it behooves us to enlighten our people, and we do this one person at a time. We need not convert everyone, only a sufficient critical mass. Once we reach that, the momentum will carry us through.

Only by getting rid of these incompetent and useless leaders could we ever hope of finding more enlightened ones who could diligently work through our many problems. This is the only route. The alternative would lead us to a civil war and a path of continued destruction.



http://www.malaysia-today.net/index...l-war&catid=17:guest-columnists&Itemid=100130

 

[KennyMGM]

UMNO was in shit street much earlier. Dr M presided over UMNO for 22 years, during this time he never could smell anything about UMNO, exscept roses layered over by sychopants and ball carriers. When he is out of office he seem to see defects and faults, which were there all along during his regime time.

 

[VIBGYOR]

The politician further told Mahathir: “What’s left are remnants of people with self-interest who still hope of being rewarded for supporting Umno. They are not nationalists and cannot be trusted.”

In this coming age of endtimes, don't be surprised more and more people are living in a life of self-interests.....that is why the world is so messy...

 

[Watchman]

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[Watchman]

 

[Wang Ye]

UMNO was in shit street much earlier. Dr M presided over UMNO for 22 years, during this time he never could smell anything about UMNO, exscept roses layered over by sychopants and ball carriers. When he is out of office he seem to see defects and faults, which were there all along during his regime time.

Heehee who do you think caused all the faults and defects?

 

[kensington]

Heehee who do you think caused all the faults and defects?

A fake Mamak from Kerala who is also a closet Singaporean.

 

[kensington]

The Dumbing Down Of UMNO Continues...


That is the credibility of all these people. They originally came from Umno. They cursed Umno. They swore in the name of Allah to never rejoin Umno. Even their mothers promised to curse them if they rejoined Umno. Then they go and rejoin Umno.

NO HOLDS BARRED

Raja Petra Kamarudin

PKR leaders should rethink support for Anwar, says Rais

LONDON, Feb 13 — The resignation of yet another Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) stalwart should make leaders rethink the support given to Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Information Communication and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim said.

He said the resignation of Datuk Seri Zahrain Mohamed Hashim, the Member of Parliament for Bayan Baru, showed that PKR had lost the potential to contribute to the DAP-PKR-PAS coalition.

“This piece of news is a shake-up for the politics of PKR and the opposition,” he told reporters at Restoran Jom Makan, a popular Malaysian restaurant here.

Commenting on Zahrain’s resignation from PKR, he said the matter should be addressed by Anwar and that he should stop confusing the people.

“The loss of support for Anwar means that PKR is incapable of running the party and contribute to the opposition.”

Rais said political observers agreed that Zahrain’s resignation was not only worrying for PKR members but also other opposition parties.

“One main reason is that the people can see that the 1Malaysia concept promotes social justice while PKR, PAS and DAP has nothing to offer.”

He described developments in PKR as a bonus for Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak whose sincerity via 1Malaysia would bring economic change and look after the people’s welfare.

“PKR leaders should think twice about supporting Anwar who was said ready to takeover the government. It is just a nightmare that will not become a reality.”

Rais said the resignation of Zahrain, the Penang PKR former chief was directly linked to Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng.

“Guan Eng had failed to reduce the difference in opinion leading to the resignation of PKR leaders including a former deputy chief minister,” he added. — Bernama

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Rais Yatim was one of the pioneers of Semangat 46, the Umno Baru nemesis in 1988. Rais, Ibrahim Ali, and many other Semangat 46 leaders, said at that time that they would never rejoin Umno even if they died and were reborn. They said they would never lick back their spit. They also said that when Dr Tun Mahathir Mohamad dies they are going to piss on his grave (saya akan kencing atas kubur Mahathir).

And Rais was amongst those who said all this. But he later rejoined Umno while Dr Mahathir was still its President as well as the Prime Minister of Malaysia. Rais, therefore, did lick back his spit. And he did not need to die and be reborn before he rejoined Umno.

Rais got his doctorate for writing a thesis that was opposed to the Internal Security Act (ISA). When asked later why he has now changed his stand and supports the ISA when he was originally opposed to it, and even got his doctorate for his thesis that opposed it, he replied that his thesis was merely an ‘academic exercise’ and it does not necessarily mean that that is his stand.

During his Semangat 46 days, Rais and his gang went round the country giving talks whacking Umno and Dr Mahathir. They said that Umno and Dr Mahathir have insulted the Malay Rulers and have eroded the powers of the Rulers. Umno and Dr Mahathir are traitors to the Malay Rulers and the Malay race, argued Rais.

The Father of Independence and First Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tunku Abdul Rahman, hated Umno. He refused to rejoin Umno and died as a Semangat 46 member. The same for Tun Hussein Onn, the Third Prime Minister of Malaysia, who also refused to rejoin Umno and died as a non-Umno member.

And, of course, the same for Rais who also said he would rather die than rejoin Umno. Today, however, he is not only an Umno member but also a minister and the ‘spokesman’ for the party.

There are many who were once in Semangat 46 or Parti Keadilan Rakyat who shouted the same rhetoric. For example, Ezam Mohd Nor, once the Youth Leader of Keadilan, plus his entire Youth EXCO, went round the country swearing a sacred oath called Sumpah Keramat (sacred oath). And this Sumpah Keramat was a sacred oath to Allah that they would NEVER rejoin Umno and that their mission is to see the destruction of Umno.

In the name of God they would never rejoin Umno. In the name of God their mission is to bring down Umno. Today, they are all back in Umno. Their sacred oath to God or Sumpah Keramat came to nought in the end.

I once did a video recording of Ezam’s mother where she said that she will curse her son if he ever rejoins Umno. I made a VCD of that interview and distributed it throughout Malaysia.

To the Malays, a mother’s curse is a very serious matter because they believe that heaven lies beneath the feet of your mother. Ezam, of course, did rejoin Umno together with most of his EXCO members who had taken that sacred oath or Sumpah Keramat.

That is the credibility of all these people. They originally came from Umno. They cursed Umno. They swore a sacred oath in the name of Allah to never rejoin Umno. Even their mothers promised to curse them if they rejoined Umno. Then they go and rejoin Umno.

Can we take the word of these types of people? Do what they say matter? Or should they just be ignored as people who have no pendirian (stand) and people who we should not take seriously?



http://malaysia-today.net/index.php...alking&catid=20:no-holds-barred&Itemid=100087


These are the people running Malaysia,
No wonder Allah gives you gives you fingers...

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[kensington]

Type A and B politicians. Reminder to UMNO

Suppose, we increase the salaries of our ministers many fold. Ministers by 600k a year, so on and so forth. Will the salary structure attract talented people into becoming politicians and into public service? The idea is: high pay attracts better talent and reduces corruption. You know the drill: you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Let's analyze this proposition a bit farther.

We all know that Singapore ministers earn astronomical salaries. The idea to compensate political leaders with high salaries was thought out by Lee Kuan Yew. His intention was to attract the best talents into public service. The attrition rate from 1st generation leaders was high. Many fell by the way side, succumbing to baneful influences.

How do you attract the next generation of leaders? He was concerned that, if left alone, the best talents would opt for business careers other than public service. So he indexed the salaries of ministers and political leaders in public service to a certain number of the highest salary earners in Singapore.

But public service isn't an attractive place for talented people. Government can't pay gargantuan salaries. That's public money. They can only pay reasonably high salaries, competitive enough to sufficiently attract talented individuals. On top of that, the Singapore elder leaders have still got to talent scout. The anecdotes about senior leaders conducting several levels of interviews are well known.

In Malaysia party elders don't talent scout. They are interested in setting up a self perpetuating system of leadership, i.e. perpetuating THEIR leadership. This is directly opposite the creation of a self continuing system which means, the show goes on even without you. The 'without you' qualification is the scary part to politicians. So, typically, the leader sets up a system that perpetuates his rule. His subordinates are under achievers and mostly second raters. They won't rock the same boat they are in and certainly won't go against those to whom they are beholden.

On the other hand, that typical response and behavior reveals a lot about the type of politicians you are. Which type do you belong to?

Politicians are of 2 types, types A and B. Type A are career politicians. Type B are people who have political careers. Type B are the ones who make hay while the sun shines, make money out of their office. Type B are those who want to establish a self perpetuating system. Types A are those who enter politics to make a difference to improve things and enjoy having power because it gives then avenue for application.

The high salaries didn't answer one question though- why did the political leaders enter public service in the first place? Was the main reason, high salaries? A talented person can earn more in the private sector. Tony Tan was earning much more with OCBC. Richard Hu earned more with Shell Singapore than from government. Never met Tony Tan, but when I first joined OCBC in 1980, Tony Tan was heading OCBC group I think. He was a 1st class graduate in physics I think. When I was in Shell, Richard Hu had just left Shell Singapore. That's why I am using the examples of these people.

How do you entice talented people into public service? By talented I mean with formidable academic achievements, sterling service record and all that. Bright people, articulate, possessing of verve, presence of mind, cool and collected. Earning high salaries remove anxieties, insecurities, even out the risks and help retain the talents brought in.

But there is one lingering question. If high salaries were the only consideration, the PAP senior leaders wouldn't have to talent scout would they? Talents will invariably come into public service, because they are attracted to high salaries.

High salaries do not necessarily lead to quality politicians. They are powerful motivators but do not explain the continuing presence of quality leaders. They stay until they are voted out or retire. So there must be other things besides high salaries that can explain the presence of talented people in public service.

Singapore makes a big deal about this thing called character. A leader must have character and they go all out identifying the elements that make the character of a leader. How do you attract politicians of character then?

To get to the answers, we ask the perennial question, who wants to be a politician and why? How do monetary incentives affect the quality of politicians? A simple interpretation of what Singapore did would suggest that if society offers better financial rewards to politicians, it will attract the best talents.

This interpretation would be a tad naive, because it over simplifies the issue. Politicians then become like tomatoes or any other fruits that money can buy. We get better quality tomatoes, or a better car, if only one is prepared to pay more for them. But the market for politicians differs from the market for tomatoes.

How?

The fact may be that there are 2 types of people in politics. (1) Those who are career politicians, call them group A and (2) those who have political careers, group B. Group A (career politicians) are people who "live for" politics: they really care for a cause and/or they enjoy power. These guys only leave politics when they are voted out.

Group B people "live off" politics: they are there for the money and they leave politics when voted out or when outside opportunities (in business, consultancy, etc) are better. They are not necessarily bad. They have different priorities.

But public offices prefer those who believe in a cause. Society too benefits having people who believe in a cause. How do you set up a system to ensure that more type A politicians come in?

What motivates each group to join politics? Group A people enter politics because of the non-monetary rewards of being in office; group B people enter politics in order to increase their monetary rewards (when and after they leave politics).

So, coming back to our opening lines; what happens if, say, the salary of politicians were to be increased many folds? For a start, there will be more 'flimsy' politicians. But, the increase in the number of wannabees will come mainly from group B (those who live "off" politics).

Ideally, in a situation of perfect information (i.e. voters can perfectly ascertain the quality of politicians), as the pool of candidates is now larger, the average quality of elected politicians is bound to increase.

The problem, of course, is information asymmetry: initially, the quality of a politician is not well-known to voters, only revealing itself over time, if at all. Suppose that there are initially 100 candidates from each group and only 100 in total are elected. Maybe this takes place; with uninformed voters choosing pretty much randomly, there would be, on average, 50 chosen from group A and 50 from group B.

Suppose now that the salaries double and, as a result, there are now 100 candidates from group A and 150 from group B. Uniformed voters, choosing blindly, will now elect 40 from group A and 60 from group B. Higher financial rewards have then altered the types of politicians. Whether the average quality of politicians has gone up or not depends on the quality of the new people emanating from group B. Quality can go down if the salary increase leads to too many low-quality group B entrants.

As time goes by, talent gets partially revealed. The next time voters go to the polling booth, they have a better picture of the incumbents. Some group B people, who will have revealed their talent, will now be offered better outside options (in consultancy, etc) and do not ask for another mandate. There is therefore some adverse selection at play: only the worse of group B stays.

Group A people stay put, as they are career politicians. And new entrants arrive, only to confuse voters. What impact would the doubling of salaries now have on the new set of politicians chosen by voters? Once again, it depends. Two opposing forces are at play here. On one hand, the higher salary of politicians means that more candidates from group B will stay (lessening the adverse selection effect). This has a positive impact on the quality of politicians.

At this juncture, we don't judge our choice of type A or B politicians. We just want high quality politicians. But we have to in the end and so we move on to the next stage.

What do these tell you? That if you leave it purely to market forces, or allow the free flow of natural selection, the talent you actually want, i.e. those who believe in a cause, will be overwhelmed by group B politicians.

So what do you do? You intercede. You set up a system of identifying talented and suitable candidates. You set up a system that supports a self continuing politics. UMNO must talent scout and must set into play, a system that favours those who believe in its cause.


http://www.malaysia-today.net/index...&catid=16:from-around-the-blogs&Itemid=100132

http://sakmongkol.blogspot.com/2010/02/type-and-b-politicians-reminder-to-umno.html

 

[kensington]

Not only Khairy, Kalimullah also under seige



Wong Choon Mei, Harakah Daily

Beseiged Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin may deny he is being pressured by members of his own wing to step down, but signs are becoming embarrassingly clear that not only he but even his closest associates such as former media boss Kalimullah Hassan are being pushed to the wall.

Through their related NGOs, Umno has already begun firing salvos at Kalimullah, the former group editor-in-chief at the New Straits Times, accusing him of using undue influence to obtain a RM900 million government contract.

“We have conducted an investigation into the allegations and as far as we are concerned, the evidence against him is quite strong," Azwanddin Hamzah, president of the Umno-backed Jaringan Melayu Malaysia, told reporters.

Against the PM, the Sultans, Islam and the Malays

The JMM also said it would give Kalimullah a week to rebut the corruption accusations, otherwise it would lodge a police report against him.

Azwanddin also accused Kalimullah as being the power behind popular news portal The Malaysian Insider. He further claimed that The Malaysian Insider had published articles that were against Prime Minister Najib Razak, the Sultans, Islam and the Malays.

"Kalimullah is the hidden hand behind the news portal's attack on Najib, Islam and the Malays. The funding for The Malaysian Insider actually comes from Regalia Solutions," alleged Azwanddin.

“Most recently is an article in The Malaysian Insider which insults the royals. We take these attacks seriously as they involve national security and unity.”

All is well in Umno Youth or is it? (IF you called dying is well)

Meanwhile, Khairy has denied speculation that the Umno executive committee had met Najib to discuss their unhappiness with his leadership.

“Of course there has been a lot of speculation regarding today’s meeting, I have read on various online portals, but you have to understand that firstly, our meeting with the prime minister today, was just a coincidence that it took place after various speculation surfaced,” Khairy told reporters late on Wednesday evening.

“It has nothing to do with the last exco meeting, it was not a meeting to solve a crisis because there was no crisis, it was very clear that today’s meeting was about our future direction.”

At the previous exco meeting, several Youth members including Putrajaya deputy Youth chief Hishamuddin Yahya had point-blankly asked Khairy to step down if he could not lead the party effectively.

Their main grouses are that Khairy has shied away from taking the ultra-Malay rightist stand that is traditionally espoused by Youth leaders.



http://www.malaysia-today.net/index...seige&catid=19:newscommentaries&Itemid=100131


Khairy Jammaluddin or more populary know as KJ was the first UMNO Youth President without a Ministerial post. Tum Mamak's son Mukhris, the loser was made a Deputy Minister. KJ is anti-Mamak and this show Tun Mamak is still pulling strings to have KJ removed and thus promoting his dynasty. More rumblings are coming from Malaysia's political jungles...

 

[kensington]

See Umno's arguments ripped to shreds in this three-part video


It is good to see a TV interviewer prepared his works really well and thoroughly to counter and dispel all those rhetorics and unsubtanstiated claims from UMNO. A very good inlook into the rent-seeker's mindsets of these two fat ketuanan Melayu. Yes, those two fat ones who robbed their own people clean and now claimed they are poor. Fucking Chutzpah !!!!




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These 2 stupid idiots should not be in youtube. There are disgrace to malaysians !!! their opinions are "trash" quality. Another stupid ******who do not use their brain when making rebuttals. Good work Dr. Agus, you made them look like morons!!! By the way, are these the type of politicians we have in malaysia who speaks without using data!!! have they ever heard about "citation". That fat, ugly datuk should know this as she said she was once a reporter!! A dumb reporter!!

Thaks roggon and thanks Dr, Agus for this gem....

Now they are really BOGEL !!!!

 

[UMNO Terrorist]

Fuck lah! PAP must go down FIRST!

 

[kensington]

Fuck lah! PAP must go down FIRST!

Siamese Twins. One will die after the other. Don't worry lah....

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Is Muhyiddin the right-hand man of Najib or Mahathir in the Najib's premiership?



Tun Abdullah tried to distance himself and tinker with the Mahathir legacy, without really daring to dismantle it when he was Prime Minister – but that was enough to ensure a swift and ignominious dismantling and end to Abdullah’s hapless premiership.

One great difference between the Najib and Abdullah premierships up to now is over their stance on the Mahathir legacy – in the Abdullah premiership, the Cabinet Ministers stand mute on the subject but in the Najib administration, the Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has emerged as the custodian of the Mahathir legacy with a powerful following!

This is why Muhyiddin’s utterances and actions are not only important for one who is only half-a-heartbeat away from the premiership but as a surrogate of the Mahathir legacy – undoubtedly of the most powerful former Malaysian Prime Minister in the nation’s history.

Just look at some the media headlines on Muhyiddin in the past few months:


“Syariah caning is mild, says Muhyiddin” (Feb. 19); );
“Kit Siang doesn’t understand separation of powers, says DPM” (Feb. 19);
“Muhyiddin claims Penang not backing Muslim aims” (Feb. 12);
“Muhyddin says PERC report is nonsense” (Feb. 11);
“Muhyiddin wants Pakatan to drop conditions for co-operation in Perak” (Feb. 11);
“No need for interfaith commission, says DPM” (Jan 30);
“Muhyiddin refutes Human Rights Watch report” (Jan 22);
“Muhyiddin: ‘Allah’ issue not political” (Jan. 16);
“Muhyiddin: No more ‘Allah’ contention in the future” (Jan. 14);
“Muhyiddin says ‘extreme’ to call Dr M racist, maintains BTN good” (Dec. 8);
“DPM defends BTN courses against racist brainwashing charges” (Nov. 26);
“Muhyiddin warns of traitors to the Malay race” (Aug 10); and
“Muhyiddin – Chinese ungrateful to BN” (April 13).

But what are Muhyiddin’s true credentials on Najib’s 1Malaysia concept when the Deputy Prime Minister could attempt to mitigate the Nasir Safar outrage claming that it could have been “a slip of the tongue” when Najib’s senior political aide labelled Indians and Chinese in Malaysia as “pendatang”, alleging that the Chinese came as beggars and the Chinese women as “prostitutes”; or was conspicuously silent when the racialist rantings of Umno executive secretary Datuk Abdul Rauf Yusoh at an Umno club function in London earlier this month was exposed.

Signals were flashed when Muhyiddin was suddenly coy in declining to comment as to whether groups like Perkasa would be among NGOs to be admitted into the Barisan Nasional as part of the ruling coalition’s expansion plan to incorporate admission of NGOs and BN-friendly groups.

Perkasa, which stands for the very negation of Najib’s 1Malaysia and the former Prime Minister’s “Bangsa Malaysia” concept under Vision 2020, has nonetheless received the patronage of Mahathir. The former Prime Minister has given his stamp of approval to Perkasa, saying that it is increasingly popular within the Malay community because Umno is being seen as incapable of protecting their rights.

When Barisan Nasional component parties like MCA, Gerakan, MIC and parties from Sabah and Sarawak could agree in principle to the expansion of the coalition to include NGOs like Perkasa, it is understandable that statements of despair are being made their veteran leaders or “elders” like the recent one by former Gerakan President Tun Dr. Lim Keng Yaik that “Gerakan has lost Penang for good” as they only reflect the terminal marginalization and irrelevance of these Barisan Nasional component parties in the face of Umno’s unrepentant political hegemony in the coalition.

The time has come for Muhyiddin to declare whether he is the right-hand of Najib or Mahathir in the present administration.

When it comes to the crunch in any fundamental difference between Najib and Mahathir, where would the loyalty of Muhyiddin, as the custodian and surrogate of the Mahathir legacy in the Najib premiership, lie?

For instance, Mahathir has publicly declared that he does not know what Najib’s 1Malaysia is about. Mahathir withholds support for Najib’s 1Malaysia but has no hesitation in giving his blessings to Perkasa.

Is Muhyiddin with Najib’s 1Malaysia or Mahathir’s withholding of support or blessing for the 1Malaysia concept?

May be one good test of Muhyiddin’s true stand on Najib’s 1Malaysia slogan and concept is whether the Deputy Prime Minister is prepared to support the proposal for the establishment of an Opposition-headed Parliamentary Select Committee on 1Malaysia Government Transformation Programme (GTP) Roadmap.


http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2010/02...f-najib-or-mahathir-in-the-najib-premiership/

 

[kensington]

Time for a Malay Counter-Movement?


By Suflan Shamsuddin | The Malaysian Insider

FEB 21 – With the ever-increasing profile of racially divisive rhetoric spun to purportedly protect the interest of Malays, shouldn’t the alternative point of view be made equally forcefully, by way of an effective and organised Malay counter-movement?

Although right-wing Malay NGOs would like you to believe that Malays are united behind the notion of Ketuanan Melayu, there are actually a very large number of us who view this ideology as being immoral and unIslamic, and therefore unacceptable.

We also believe that it actually serves to weaken our community because it prevents many from developing a sense of personal accountability, it impedes the development of the capacity for critical and informed analysis, and it promotes short cuts and patronage.

In addition, this approach discourages playing by the book, it prevents an understanding of the value of diversity and inclusiveness, and it creates an excuse to avoid becoming competitive and achievement orientated.

Today many Malays share a concern with other Malaysians that even though time-limited means tested affirmative action programmes have value, perpetual handouts and special privileges are like drugs.

This is because it creates an addiction to receiving from the “hand that feeds”, that which poisons them and affects the growth and well-being of the beneficiaries. With this comes elitism and cronyism, encouraged and supported by those who need, or offer, such protection and patronage.

With resources quickly drying up, there is a real fear of a rude and potentially violent awakening when this habit can no longer be maintained.

So, the idea for this Malay counter-movement has begun to germinate. If this movement were to materialise, it would look to advance a Malay culture and mindset, which rejects Ketuanan Melayu, and that is instead built on Islamic and universally held values, virtues and ideals, which include integrity, self-motivation, self-determination, a quest for knowledge, a desire for self-improvement, tolerance and respect.

It would operate on an independent and non-partisan basis so that it can stay true to a morally robust set of principles by which to pursue the cause of improving the welfare and condition of the Malays.

It would study and promote an understanding of the concerns that could impede the progress of the Malays. It would also seek to inform policy through consultation with all stakeholders such as the Government, political parties, and civil society.

It would look to help develop new ideas to address the concerns relating to why the Malays, in general, have not been as successful and self-actualised as they ought to have been, given the opportunities they have been afforded over the last fifty years.

Finally, it would look to make and market a convincing case to the Malays, as to what is it for them to gain, in life and in the hereafter, were they to lead their life by the values and principles espoused.

For this movement to be impactful, it must be structured as being wholly Malay, and its membership must be fairly representative of the community whether by reference to gender, age or background. This is because its ultimate aim is to win the hearts and minds of the Malays themselves.

This, of course, might hinder the participation of those who do not feel it right to associate themselves with a wholly Malay-only movement, although there will be some who will see its value in countering the rhetoric of the hardliners in right-wing Malay organisations.

Nevertheless, it might appeal to others who feel it crucial, and might want to help, to work together to promote meaningful change in their own community as an end in itself, and as a means to a better Malaysia.

Ideally, “towering” non-partisan Malays who are universally respected by all Malaysians should play an active role in the movement. These individuals would have achieved success in their own fields without the ill effects of Ketuanan Melayu, and should ensure that the movement has credibility, maintains its independence and moral compass, and remains unsoiled by the vested interests of any individual or political party.


Even though non-partisan, the movement should also attract members of all Malay-centric political parties who share the same ideals for their community. They might wish to support this movement because they all share a desire to get rid of an antiquated and bankrupt Malay political paradigm built on religious and racial intolerance, patronage and insecurity.

They would be united in wanting to replace it with one that builds the confidence and capacity of the Malays to compete and contribute fairly and successfully.

However, in order to maintain the credibility and independence of the movement, leaders and active members of such political parties should accept the need to confine their participation to a supporting role, and not expect to lead or influence its decision-making.

It should follow that Malay leaders of all parties who desire a united and workable Malaysia ought to fully support the creation of this movement, since the greater is the movement’s support from the Malay community, the less will they need to pander to the sentiments of extremists and racists inside and outside of their party.

Finally, such a movement should not be seen as serving to perpetuate an “us versus them” mentality, separating Malays from non-Malays. It must not become in anyway a threat to an inclusive Malaysia.

Instead it should be seen as doing the exact converse, i.e. helping to prepare the Malays to take the first and important steps to embrace the creation of the illusive Bangsa Malaysia, over the longer term.

Today, this movement is nothing but an idea. If you are interested in its development, please sign up as a member of the Facebook group Tabung Idea Mengukuhkan Martabat Melayu, which I have only just set up, to log ideas and comments about this proposal.

http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2010/02/21/time-for-a-malay-counter-movement/#more-7428

 

[Watchman]

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